The timing of your Hannity and Colmes interview could not have been better. We ordered your book today and look forward to reading a story our broken hearts can connect with. On October 10th, we said “goodbye for now” to our best friend, Sam. We so badly miss his presence in our lives, but we find comfort in our belief that God has a special place for him in Heaven (along with our 3 other dogs). Thank you for having the courage to write from your heart and for your determination to see this book through even if it means bucking the tough-conservative guy trend and temporarily getting off the political spin merry-go-round. I’ll be happy to recommend your book to the countless number of friends who have experienced similar losses in the past few years. In closing, it sounds to me like Sprite lives on…

TJ from Texas

This will be short. In 1973 my dad, who was then stationed at the Pentagon, came home in his military uniform carrying his government issued briefcase and in the corner of his arm was this small little fuzz ball. We named her Fifi, a beautiful angora kitten with big green eyes. For the next 17 years she was a major part of my growing up. From junior high all the way through college. Then one day she started getting sick and I finally had to put her to sleep. The thing that scared me the most was that my reaction to the death of my cat was so painful that I wondered how on earth I will be able to handle the death of my parents and or my two bothers and my husband. I was devistated by the lose of Fifi. I’m having a hard time listening to your podcast at work because I just want to start crying. I plan to order several of your book for friends who have lost great pets.

Jeanette from MT

Lady, my beloved mixed-breed, was my best friend for almost 18 years. I also asked God to take her about a month before she died. Within several hours after her death, I told my husband we had to go to Adopt-a-Pet RIGHT NOW! He thought I had lost my mind. I know that Lady sent me because a baby “Lady” – her twin – was lying on a pillow in the kennel. She is now our adorable Brandy and has every nuance that Lady had. She was truly “Heaven-Sent” by Lady’s spirit to us.

Linda from Ohio

My precious beautiful Bonniegirl went to the rainbow ridge on April 24, 2004. I had her for 12 years. She was the love of my life. She went everywhere we went, sitting on my lap in the front seat of our van. She would bark at cows and lick the window and turn around in my lap to get any kind of snack I offered her. She was an angel. She loved snuggling on the couch and she slept ON the foot of our bed every night (not on the floor, but on the bed with us). She was a gorgeous buff colored cocker spaniel, who sat patiently on the kitchen floor each time I groomed her. I got her when she was 5 weeks old in 1992. She was as my little girl. When she died, she was coming to me, down the hall and to the kitchen where I was, looking up with the expectation that I was going to save her, but she dropped at the foot of the kitchen counter and was gone. It was a heart condition. My husband tried to bring her back but couldn’t. She did suffer the last couple of months of her life and through all my grief, I realized that she no longer suffered. I wanted her to live forever but she couldn’t. I will always love her so, her photos are everywhere in our home and I use her name as my email address and other important stuff. She will never be forgotton. I lit a candle for her at In Memory of Pets.com, a wonderful website.

Mark, I love you so much and believe every single word you say on your radio show. You are so great (of course). Thank you for being such a great lover of your Sprite and Pepsi and Griffen. God bless.

Bonnie from NC

I don’t know when I will get a chance to get my copy of your book, but I’m going to have to read it for the dreaded day when I will actually lose my dog Freckles.

You have to understand something that makes my story with “Freckles” that is more painful even though “Freckles” is still alive.

For starters “Freckles” while he has been getting old (he’s 13 years old now) he seemed to be in good health until a couple of months ago when my roommate woke me up and said they thought Freckles had a stroke or something because he was walking around and acting weird.

For the next couple of hours I went through the Hell you went through with Sprite because I was debating if the Vet told me that it was something horrible I would have to put him to sleep (fortunately the Vet thought it was an orientation problem and given a couple of weeks he appears to be normal again). You see while those emotions ran through me a second set of emotions that had been burried for a long time resurfaced.
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I lost my best friend Cody on Valentines Day 2007. I adopted him from the Humane Society in 1994, when he was about a year old. I miss him so much. He added so much love and joy to my life. I felt I needed to pay him back, so I recently adopted Rosie, a “Death Row Dog” from gingerspetrescue.org. She had a very bad skin condition and was so sad when I got her. She is a happy, healthy, and much loved dog now. I think Cody would be proud of me. I miss you so much baby.

David from WA